The King James Bible, the first book rewritten for the project, is an English translation of the Christian Bible commissioned for the Church of England in 1604 and completed and published in 1611.

If nothing else, the 400th anniversary of the King James Version of the Bible this year is proving that passions run deep about the translation known for its Shakespearean sound. Commissioned by En… ...

The King James Version of the Bible, also known as the "Authorized Version," marks its 400th anniversary in 2011, and by any measure, it has had a lasting impact on the world and on the lang Skip ...

But King James wasn’t too happy with the Puritan overtones in the Geneva Bible, which challenged a king's divine right to rule. To solve this problem, King James commissioned a brand-new version ...

How the King James Bible Came to Be 5 minute read 10th June 1953: The first issue of the first edition of the 'Authorised Version' of the English Bible, printed in London in 1611 by Robert Barker.